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Grieving mom walks through a storm, with her head held high
Jalyn Hall, left, as Emmet Till and Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Bradley in "Till."
MGM/Entertainment Pictures/Zuma Press/TNS
In the James Welch novel, “Winter in the Blood” a blind native elder shares wisdom on handling hard times.
“Sometimes one has to l... | 2022-11-03T13:38:52Z | helenair.com | Grieving mom walks through a storm, with her head held high | https://helenair.com/news/local/grieving-mom-walks-through-a-storm-with-her-head-held-high/article_9f54b244-620d-55b7-8842-0419a0892147.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/grieving-mom-walks-through-a-storm-with-her-head-held-high/article_9f54b244-620d-55b7-8842-0419a0892147.html |
ANN BRODSKY
I can’t sit quietly following the pieces in the IR by Jennifer Fielder and Ann Bukacek concerning the race for Montana’s Public Service Commission District 5 seat. The PSC sets utility rates among other things, but that’s its most important job and what it is best known for. Bukacek’s opponent is John Repke... | 2022-11-03T13:39:10Z | helenair.com | Ann Brodsky: PSC race is not a head-scratcher | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/ann-brodsky-psc-race-is-not-a-head-scratcher/article_b8a6725b-e06f-5221-b0d9-b04a235649d8.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/ann-brodsky-psc-race-is-not-a-head-scratcher/article_b8a6725b-e06f-5221-b0d9-b04a235649d8.html |
Kevin Downs is the best person for the job
Please vote for Kevin Downs. I have worked in politics and I have spent my life in this community. It is critical to have someone selfless and who can lead as our next county attorney. I've known Kevin for 30 years and I can personally attest that there is no better person for... | 2022-11-03T13:39:29Z | helenair.com | Kevin Downs is the best person for the job | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/kevin-downs-is-the-best-person-for-the-job/article_85b7e32a-b776-50fe-b9be-0645cab47d57.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/kevin-downs-is-the-best-person-for-the-job/article_85b7e32a-b776-50fe-b9be-0645cab47d57.html |
COUNTY CLERK RACE
A Washington, D.C.–based political action committee has inserted itself into the Lewis and Clark County clerk and recorder’s race by sending mailers in support of the incumbent, a move the candidate disavows.
According to paperwork filed with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (COPP) offi... | 2022-11-04T00:05:51Z | helenair.com | Lewis and Clark County clerk/recorder disavows PAC's fliers supporting her election | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/elections/lewis-and-clark-county-clerk-recorder-disavows-pacs-fliers-supporting-her-election/article_d8af54b3-39ec-558c-940e-ccfa62e588db.html | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/elections/lewis-and-clark-county-clerk-recorder-disavows-pacs-fliers-supporting-her-election/article_d8af54b3-39ec-558c-940e-ccfa62e588db.html |
Helena High, Capital advance at Western AA and set up crosstown match for state
If the Helena High and Capital volleyball teams thought they were finished with crosstown volleyball matches in 2022, they have another thing coming.
The Bengals and Bruins both won their respective first-round matches at the Western AA Div... | 2022-11-04T03:15:21Z | helenair.com | Helena High, Capital advance at Western AA and set up crosstown match for state | https://helenair.com/sports/high-school/volleyball/helena-high-capital-advance-at-western-aa-and-set-up-crosstown-match-for-state/article_ec6209d9-a6d4-5c22-bd06-bf3f09396a97.html | https://helenair.com/sports/high-school/volleyball/helena-high-capital-advance-at-western-aa-and-set-up-crosstown-match-for-state/article_ec6209d9-a6d4-5c22-bd06-bf3f09396a97.html |
Community briefs: Bell ringers needed, free Thanksgiving dinner, fundraiser for students
While greeting every passing customer, Donald Geddes rings the Salvation Army bell outside of Van’s Thriftway in 2014.
This holiday season the need is greater than ever as more and more people in our community fall into poverty. Ch... | 2022-11-04T12:15:15Z | helenair.com | Community briefs: Bell ringers needed, free Thanksgiving dinner, fundraiser for students | https://helenair.com/news/local/community-briefs-bell-ringers-needed-free-thanksgiving-dinner-fundraiser-for-students/article_b30720e4-3a01-5345-8084-ef293741b9b1.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/community-briefs-bell-ringers-needed-free-thanksgiving-dinner-fundraiser-for-students/article_b30720e4-3a01-5345-8084-ef293741b9b1.html |
JOHN B. SULLIVAN III
Hunting season is here. Many hunters— including me — will head out this weekend in search of good times and a chance at harvesting Montana’s publicly owned game.
While afield I’m often reminded of how lucky I am to hunt and to participate in the North American Model of Wildlife Management. This fue... | 2022-11-04T14:16:09Z | helenair.com | John B. Sullivan III: It's up to us to defend our hunting traditions | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/john-b-sullivan-iii-its-up-to-us-to-defend-our-hunting-traditions/article_10d088ad-6829-535d-a769-bf49268216fb.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/john-b-sullivan-iii-its-up-to-us-to-defend-our-hunting-traditions/article_10d088ad-6829-535d-a769-bf49268216fb.html |
As I read “The Pumpkinville Mystery” to my grandson, a line caught my mind. The good deeds of the Goodbodys’, sharing their ample harvest of pumpkins, made the “Councilman so angry they cooked up a dastardly scheme and laughed among themselves at how mean and low they could be.” I thought of what we know of Trump and t... | 2022-11-04T14:16:15Z | helenair.com | Don’t vote Republican | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/don-t-vote-republican/article_21e78a58-bc04-574f-8239-9596e982284c.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/don-t-vote-republican/article_21e78a58-bc04-574f-8239-9596e982284c.html |
Gary Buchanan will earn and retain your trust
Serving as a Lewis and Clark County Commissioner provided the opportunity to learn that listening and hearing our citizens concerns was central. Conflicts and disagreements were anticipated and expected. Coming to solutions required a sustained commitment to listening and d... | 2022-11-04T16:11:38Z | helenair.com | Gary Buchanan will earn and retain your trust | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/gary-buchanan-will-earn-and-retain-your-trust/article_c462d5ed-5fe2-5d60-818e-13d6270e91e1.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/gary-buchanan-will-earn-and-retain-your-trust/article_c462d5ed-5fe2-5d60-818e-13d6270e91e1.html |
City of Helena announces closures for elections and Veterans Day
The city of Helena announced administrative offices and the transfer station will be closed Nov. 8 and 11.
In a news release sent Friday, the city stated closures will occur Nov. 8 for Election Day and Nov. 11 for Veterans Day.
Garbage collection will als... | 2022-11-04T19:44:40Z | helenair.com | City of Helena announces closures for elections and Veterans Day | https://helenair.com/news/local/city-of-helena-announces-closures-for-elections-and-veterans-day/article_2403a2ab-cb34-5643-90d7-dab92d7638ee.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/city-of-helena-announces-closures-for-elections-and-veterans-day/article_2403a2ab-cb34-5643-90d7-dab92d7638ee.html |
Please join me in voting for Dan Guzynski for Lewis & Clark County Attorney. A county attorney is responsible for setting policy for criminal justice and reform, prosecuting crime, leading a team of criminal and civil lawyers, and advising all county departments. This position demands experience and excellence – Dan Gu... | 2022-11-04T19:44:46Z | helenair.com | Please join me in voting for Dan Guzynski | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/please-join-me-in-voting-for-dan-guzynski/article_08aa36bf-2af2-52f3-8d9a-04c481f58c8d.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/please-join-me-in-voting-for-dan-guzynski/article_08aa36bf-2af2-52f3-8d9a-04c481f58c8d.html |
FWP Enforcement Chief Dave Loewen, then a sergeant, patrols Canyon Ferry in his FWP boat in this 2013 file photo.
Independent Record file photo
While the agency would only confirm he was out of the office but still employed, Loewen told the Montana State News Bureau in late August that he was placed on administrative l... | 2022-11-04T21:25:23Z | helenair.com | FWP enforcement chief to retire after being placed on leave | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/fwp-enforcement-chief-to-retire-after-being-placed-on-leave/article_d5f2bb79-e17d-5b8f-bb06-dca45ec0608b.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/fwp-enforcement-chief-to-retire-after-being-placed-on-leave/article_d5f2bb79-e17d-5b8f-bb06-dca45ec0608b.html |
A motorist on Breckenridge Street, just west of the Capitol, avoids a trash can blown onto the street by high winds that swept through Helena Saturday.
Meteorologist Bob Hoenisch with the National Weather Service Great Falls office said the Helena Regional Airport recorded the largest gust of the day at 68 mph around 1... | 2022-11-06T04:27:57Z | helenair.com | Low pressure system blows through Helena | https://helenair.com/news/local/low-pressure-system-blows-through-helena/article_0084ed3a-caef-521d-b5e2-881d1b1697d6.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/low-pressure-system-blows-through-helena/article_0084ed3a-caef-521d-b5e2-881d1b1697d6.html |
Open Range: Aspen trees are colorful star of fall foliage
LYNDEL MEIKLE
Alexander Deedy
It’s snowing, a harsh wind is blowing and the sun has yet to come up, but I’m taking a pleasant stroll down Aspen Alley. I don’t even have a jacket on, and am tempted to go barefoot.
That’s because “Aspen Alley” is the name I’ve jus... | 2022-11-06T15:57:27Z | helenair.com | Open Range: Aspen trees are colorful star of fall foliage | https://helenair.com/news/local/open-range-aspen-trees-are-colorful-star-of-fall-foliage/article_9dbd2aaa-b864-594d-913d-f01d86c3ba00.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/open-range-aspen-trees-are-colorful-star-of-fall-foliage/article_9dbd2aaa-b864-594d-913d-f01d86c3ba00.html |
MARK SPRINGER
Have you ever wondered why some companies attract and retain top talent while others can’t? For years, studies have revealed that employees want to be involved with something greater than just their company. They want to make a difference somehow.
On Friday, Oct. 7, our entire Dayspring Restoration team d... | 2022-11-06T15:59:12Z | helenair.com | Mark Springer: Restoring Kindness – Making a difference across Montana | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/mark-springer-restoring-kindness-making-a-difference-across-montana/article_9ba868de-02eb-5480-a2df-8139d5c698f1.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/mark-springer-restoring-kindness-making-a-difference-across-montana/article_9ba868de-02eb-5480-a2df-8139d5c698f1.html |
Pad for Paws Foundation milestone
The Pad for Paws Foundation has just reached a milestone of donating one million pounds of pet food to hungry pets in our community.
Since our Paws Pantry program started in 2008, we have assisted low-income pet owners who are experiencing a temporary hardship such as unemployment, a d... | 2022-11-06T15:59:22Z | helenair.com | Pad for Paws Foundation milestone | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/pad-for-paws-foundation-milestone/article_7a9bb2ee-a7dd-5722-8ced-30773af2c93f.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/pad-for-paws-foundation-milestone/article_7a9bb2ee-a7dd-5722-8ced-30773af2c93f.html |
A $20 donation buys all the side dishes needed for a family; $30 buys a turkey or ham for a family and $50 buys a complete Thanksgiving or Christmas holiday meal for a family.
The tradition continues this year at the Lewis and Clark Library but with a new twist. Rather than bringing turkeys, Helena Food Share is asking... | 2022-11-07T13:53:26Z | helenair.com | Helena Food Share Turkey Challenge underway | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-food-share-turkey-challenge-underway/article_94c49231-2514-5eed-9e6d-35fc27525ad2.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-food-share-turkey-challenge-underway/article_94c49231-2514-5eed-9e6d-35fc27525ad2.html |
The Montana Office of Public Instruction is seeking public comment on “high-need” criteria for the Stronger Connections Grant, which will encourage schools to promote safer and healthier learning environments that create positive school climates.
The two-year grant is for activities coming in the 2023-2024 and 2024-202... | 2022-11-08T04:02:14Z | helenair.com | State seeking comments on grant to create positive school climates | https://helenair.com/news/local/state-seeking-comments-on-grant-to-create-positive-school-climates/article_c7e7cc9e-38af-51c1-bb8e-609133f30374.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/state-seeking-comments-on-grant-to-create-positive-school-climates/article_c7e7cc9e-38af-51c1-bb8e-609133f30374.html |
Students in Gardiner are experiencing 11-hour school days due to the June flood damage to the public roads. Extreme weather is disrupting community life, livelihoods, transportation and food supplies here and around the world. The longer fire seasons and the smoke harm our tourism business, not to mention our health.
C... | 2022-11-08T14:25:49Z | helenair.com | Alex Amonette: Stabilizing climate with a market-based solution | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/alex-amonette-stabilizing-climate-with-a-market-based-solution/article_7301fb1f-7867-5f3a-a1cb-b5ff7e455c7a.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/alex-amonette-stabilizing-climate-with-a-market-based-solution/article_7301fb1f-7867-5f3a-a1cb-b5ff7e455c7a.html |
The front page of the Wednesday, Oct. 26, IR featured two stories which will provide significant improvement to Montana’s criminal justice system. Gov. Greg Gianforte, Brian Gootkin, director of the Department of Corrections, Charlie Brereton, director of the Department of Public Health and Human Services and anyone el... | 2022-11-08T16:40:24Z | helenair.com | Meaningful change | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/meaningful-change/article_e643152f-26d7-533c-8178-a57772c8a721.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/meaningful-change/article_e643152f-26d7-533c-8178-a57772c8a721.html |
A person warming their vehicle up to take the edge off the freezing November chill had it stolen early Monday, Helena police said.
An officer responded at 4:41 a.m. to the 1700 block of 11th Avenue to a report of a stolen pickup truck. The person said that due to the weather they had started their vehicle to warm it up... | 2022-11-08T23:36:26Z | helenair.com | Pickup truck being warmed up is stolen, police say | https://helenair.com/news/local/pickup-truck-being-warmed-up-is-stolen-police-say/article_44357f09-8a53-5673-91b4-b4971fe82cc0.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/pickup-truck-being-warmed-up-is-stolen-police-say/article_44357f09-8a53-5673-91b4-b4971fe82cc0.html |
OPI and Independent Record
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen talks with students at Montana City School on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.
The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) legal team is hosting the second School Law Conference on Nov. 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in room 303 at the Montana State Capitol.
“A... | 2022-11-09T04:35:51Z | helenair.com | OPI legal team to host School Law Conference open to the public | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/opi-legal-team-to-host-school-law-conference-open-to-the-public/article_3c827742-b4af-5473-9a08-7113790a87fc.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/opi-legal-team-to-host-school-law-conference-open-to-the-public/article_3c827742-b4af-5473-9a08-7113790a87fc.html |
Results slowly trickling in for western U.S. House race
Polls closed at 8 p.m. and by 9 p.m. the race showed Zinke and Tranel neck and neck, with the Republican at 47% and the Democrat at 48%.
Lamb held 5%.
Tranel was up in the Democratic-safe Deer Lodge County, and Zinke led with 50% of the vote to Tranel's 43% in the... | 2022-11-09T04:36:16Z | helenair.com | Results slowly trickling in for western U.S. House race | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/results-slowly-trickling-in-for-western-u-s-house-race/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/results-slowly-trickling-in-for-western-u-s-house-race/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html |
Polls closed at 8 p.m. and by 11:15 p.m. the race showed Zinke and Tranel in a close race, with the Republican at 49% and the Democrat at 47% with a handful of counties reporting. The first results from Gallatin County came in after 11 p.m. and Missoula started reporting results a bit before that. Flathead and Butte-Si... | 2022-11-09T06:48:43Z | helenair.com | Western U.S. House race draws close as more results trickle in | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/western-u-s-house-race-draws-close-as-more-results-trickle-in/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/western-u-s-house-race-draws-close-as-more-results-trickle-in/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html |
Several Helena-area legislative seats were up for election Tuesday.
Early election results were released around 8:30 p.m. Additional ballots were still being counted at press time.
Democratic incumbent Janet Ellis, who is retired from Montana Audubon, was leading against Republican Dave Galt, a government affairs consu... | 2022-11-09T06:51:39Z | helenair.com | Helena-area legislative election results | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/elections/helena-area-legislative-election-results/article_7b4acbdb-0dd3-50b1-b156-2e34241c56d4.html | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/elections/helena-area-legislative-election-results/article_7b4acbdb-0dd3-50b1-b156-2e34241c56d4.html |
This story will be updated with additional results as they come in Wednesday morning.
At 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, about 5,384 votes gave Republican Ryan Zinke the lead over Democrat Monica Tranel in the race to represent Montana's newly drawn western U.S. House seat, with votes still left to count.
Zinke held 105,0... | 2022-11-09T10:47:19Z | helenair.com | Small margin separates Zinke and Tranel in U.S House race | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/small-margin-separates-zinke-and-tranel-in-u-s-house-race/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/small-margin-separates-zinke-and-tranel-in-u-s-house-race/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html |
As a boater and conservationist, I was not surprised to hear that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is proposing that the Madison River be permitted, but I was surprised by the extent of it. Perhaps the group that developed the plan emphasized fishing to the exclusion of whitewater boating. Fully a quarter of the seats we... | 2022-11-09T15:25:30Z | helenair.com | Madison River permitting | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/madison-river-permitting/article_1f5c9001-93a2-5de9-86c9-3d004f47434f.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/madison-river-permitting/article_1f5c9001-93a2-5de9-86c9-3d004f47434f.html |
Montana Republicans appeared to have a lock on a supermajority in the state Legislature by Wednesday morning, although enough uncounted votes remain to leave several races up in the air.
The GOP currently holds 98 seats between the state House and Senate, and needs two more for a supermajority. That would allow Republi... | 2022-11-09T17:58:42Z | helenair.com | GOP poised for possible supermajority in MT Legislature | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-poised-for-possible-supermajority-in-mt-legislature/article_8f1df91f-dd87-57ff-890c-b50a44a6890c.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gop-poised-for-possible-supermajority-in-mt-legislature/article_8f1df91f-dd87-57ff-890c-b50a44a6890c.html |
Marijuana products are on display at Lionheart Cannabis during the opening day of legal recreational marijuana sales in Montana on Jan. 1, 2022, outside Billings.
Rural counties on Tuesday continued approving local option taxes on recreational marijuana sales by huge margins, a trend that's played out over every electi... | 2022-11-09T20:18:29Z | helenair.com | Marijuana on the ballot: Granite remains 'red,' local taxes approved | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/marijuana-on-the-ballot-granite-remains-red-local-taxes-approved/article_a72ab86c-6cd9-517d-8d58-fe8af0251710.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/marijuana-on-the-ballot-granite-remains-red-local-taxes-approved/article_a72ab86c-6cd9-517d-8d58-fe8af0251710.html |
The Helena City Commission on Monday approved a contract with a local consulting firm to assist in recruiting its next city manager.
Helena-based Communication and Management Services, LLC, will "provide recruitment and consulting services to the City Commission associated with recruitment and hiring of a City Manager"... | 2022-11-09T20:21:23Z | helenair.com | Helena hires local consultant to help with city manager recruitment | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/helena-hires-local-consultant-to-help-with-city-manager-recruitment/article_a07e1de7-9a0b-5b90-95c1-fd99f3d2a155.html | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/helena-hires-local-consultant-to-help-with-city-manager-recruitment/article_a07e1de7-9a0b-5b90-95c1-fd99f3d2a155.html |
By Wednesday afternoon, 10,959 votes gave Republican Ryan Zinke the lead over Democrat Monica Tranel in the race to represent Montana's newly drawn western U.S. House seat, with votes still left to count.
The latest batch of results included another 6,724 ballots out of Flathead County.
Turnout had reached 56% statewid... | 2022-11-09T22:27:38Z | helenair.com | Zinke leads Tranel by nearly 11K votes; Missoula and Gallatin counties to report more soon | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/zinke-leads-tranel-by-nearly-11k-votes-missoula-and-gallatin-counties-to-report-more-soon/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/zinke-leads-tranel-by-nearly-11k-votes-missoula-and-gallatin-counties-to-report-more-soon/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html |
Helena-area legislative incumbents, longtime lawmakers fared well in election
Helena-area incumbents in state legislative races did well Tuesday, with all fending off challengers or not being challenged at all. Some longtime lawmakers switched chambers, due to term limits.
The unofficial results were posted Wednesday e... | 2022-11-10T04:16:51Z | helenair.com | Helena-area legislative incumbents, longtime lawmakers fared well in election | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/helena-area-legislative-incumbents-longtime-lawmakers-fared-well-in-election/article_ae035bd7-4de7-563f-b5c5-a7b45603bd06.html | https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/helena-area-legislative-incumbents-longtime-lawmakers-fared-well-in-election/article_ae035bd7-4de7-563f-b5c5-a7b45603bd06.html |
By Wednesday evening 9,348 votes gave Republican Ryan Zinke the lead over Democrat Monica Tranel in the race to represent Montana's newly drawn western U.S. House seat, with few votes left to count and leaving Zinke with what looked late Wednesday like a path to victory.
Zinke held 117,611 votes to Tranel's 108,263 and... | 2022-11-10T05:55:53Z | helenair.com | Zinke declares victory, holds 9k-vote lead in western House race | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/zinke-declares-victory-holds-9k-vote-lead-in-western-house-race/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/zinke-declares-victory-holds-9k-vote-lead-in-western-house-race/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html |
Cow elk shot in northeast Montana tests positive for CWD
Montana hunting season hits halfway point
Montana’s general hunting season is hitting the midway point and the overall harvest is expected to increase with the onset of the deer breeding season in the coming weeks, Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials said.
So far th... | 2022-11-10T14:13:11Z | helenair.com | Outdoor briefs: CWD detection; hunting season at halfway point; forest projects; rock art hike | https://helenair.com/outdoors/outdoor-briefs-cwd-detection-hunting-season-at-halfway-point-forest-projects-rock-art-hike/article_be2ae6c9-84c6-579f-8b42-ecc2ef2f92ec.html | https://helenair.com/outdoors/outdoor-briefs-cwd-detection-hunting-season-at-halfway-point-forest-projects-rock-art-hike/article_be2ae6c9-84c6-579f-8b42-ecc2ef2f92ec.html |
Republican Ryan Zinke will represent the newly drawn western congressional seat in Montana, according to a race call from the Associated Press.
Zinke beat Democratic challenger Monica Tranel, a Missoula lawyer, with 50% of the vote to Tranel's 46%. Libertarian John Lamb, who saw an elevated role in the race, took 4% of... | 2022-11-10T16:19:52Z | helenair.com | AP: Zinke wins western House seat | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/ap-zinke-wins-western-house-seat/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/ap-zinke-wins-western-house-seat/article_5e44f51e-ce75-5ac0-b414-472d871cf555.html |
Part teacher and part guide, Whitney Gould is one of the finest casters in the world and fresh off competing in the World Fly Casting Championships in Norway where she took home a trove of medals, including a gold. Her first world championships was both exciting, she said, and a learning experience for what to expect a... | 2022-11-10T18:19:03Z | helenair.com | Whitney Gould on life as a fishing guide and world champion two-handed caster | https://helenair.com/outdoors/whitney-gould-on-life-as-a-fishing-guide-and-world-champion-two-handed-caster/article_bf998883-e401-562a-9fe2-d66d91ebc844.html | https://helenair.com/outdoors/whitney-gould-on-life-as-a-fishing-guide-and-world-champion-two-handed-caster/article_bf998883-e401-562a-9fe2-d66d91ebc844.html |
Crystal Maria Feliciano, who has an Idaho address, was charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor deceptive practices.
On Oct. 27, an officer responded to a report that multiple items worth more than a total of $10,000 were stolen from a home on Harrison Avenue.
The complainant also reported that their credit cards w... | 2022-11-10T23:42:28Z | helenair.com | Woman charged with burglary in Helena | https://helenair.com/woman-charged-with-burglary-in-helena/article_3d8ee6bb-a9ff-591e-ac60-fc778fe86306.html | https://helenair.com/woman-charged-with-burglary-in-helena/article_3d8ee6bb-a9ff-591e-ac60-fc778fe86306.html |
Family Outreach – Flood aftermath repair work. Working on building window wells to keep water from seeping into the building.
Free Tax Help – Co-hosted by United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area, AARP, Rural Dynamics and others looking for volunteers to help with free tax clinics. A variety of roles are available. Train... | 2022-11-11T14:09:10Z | helenair.com | VOLUNTEER HELENA | https://helenair.com/news/local/volunteer-helena/article_a9c405fe-9ade-5dd8-8949-54ec39b00825.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/volunteer-helena/article_a9c405fe-9ade-5dd8-8949-54ec39b00825.html |
“Just because you own half the county doesn’t mean you have the right to run the rest of us!” Aunt Em scolded Almira Gulch, after hearing Gulch’s threats to do away with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry’s farm in the Silver Screen classic “The Wizard of Oz.”
A common story line: the rich landowner leveraging power and influence... | 2022-11-11T15:40:05Z | helenair.com | Is Montana no longer the Last Best Place? The threats of the Horse Creek Hills subdivision | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/is-montana-no-longer-the-last-best-place-the-threats-of-the-horse-creek-hills/article_d02b2ac0-c074-5fd2-8fda-a17289f0d1f6.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/is-montana-no-longer-the-last-best-place-the-threats-of-the-horse-creek-hills/article_d02b2ac0-c074-5fd2-8fda-a17289f0d1f6.html |
WorldMontana delegates from Russia photograph a bison at Yellowstone National Park in 2018.
WorldMontana
A longtime nonprofit group that brings some international flavor to Montana is facing tough, changing times, according to its board president, who vowed the organization will survive but is not quite sure what its f... | 2022-11-12T21:30:34Z | helenair.com | Helena group that brings international visitors to Montana is facing tough times | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-group-that-brings-international-visitors-to-montana-is-facing-tough-times/article_068228c8-5b98-52c5-8158-67f086bb36e9.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/helena-group-that-brings-international-visitors-to-montana-is-facing-tough-times/article_068228c8-5b98-52c5-8158-67f086bb36e9.html |
More than 100 people wait in the lift line Saturday at Great Divide Ski Area. The hill's opening was the first in the state.
Hundreds flocked to Great Divide Ski Area above Marysville Saturday for a sunny opening day to the ski season, the earliest in the state by a little more than an hour.
Owner Rose Crawford said th... | 2022-11-13T02:03:41Z | helenair.com | Great Divide's opening is first in Montana ski season | https://helenair.com/news/local/great-divides-opening-is-first-in-montana-ski-season/article_ddce8167-5289-51c1-bd5f-bc5e1457971c.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/great-divides-opening-is-first-in-montana-ski-season/article_ddce8167-5289-51c1-bd5f-bc5e1457971c.html |
Gov. Greg Gianforte visits students at Capital High School.
Governor visits Capital High welding class
Gov. Greg Gianforte highlighted the importance of Career and Technical Education programs during a visit Monday with welding and machining students at Capital High School.
The governor said such programs, known as CTE... | 2022-11-13T17:02:38Z | helenair.com | Business Briefcase | https://helenair.com/business-briefcase/article_b21ac148-881a-5ce9-be5f-50daf6b42e36.html | https://helenair.com/business-briefcase/article_b21ac148-881a-5ce9-be5f-50daf6b42e36.html |
BBB’s ultimate guide to holiday shopping
As the saying goes, it’s the most wonderful time of year.
Cheery music, holiday parties, festive decorations. It can make even the grinchiest people beam with glee. But the gift-giving season comes with a price and the 2022 holiday shopping season promises to be an unpredictable... | 2022-11-13T17:02:51Z | helenair.com | Better Business Bureau | https://helenair.com/news/local/better-business-bureau/article_7d386edf-11f1-50ff-952d-9f9da2e4f597.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/better-business-bureau/article_7d386edf-11f1-50ff-952d-9f9da2e4f597.html |
Lewis and Clark Public Health officials asked residents on Sunday to voluntarily stop or reduce the use of solid-fuel burning devices, such as wood stoves or fireplaces, and use an alternative heat source as a “Watch” stage regarding air quality was listed for the area.
A “Watch” stage means that particulate levels are... | 2022-11-13T20:22:43Z | helenair.com | Residents asked to reduce burning as air quality teeters | https://helenair.com/news/local/residents-asked-to-reduce-burning-as-air-quality-teeters/article_21f9923e-1623-5682-aadc-a4bd4f3360a9.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/residents-asked-to-reduce-burning-as-air-quality-teeters/article_21f9923e-1623-5682-aadc-a4bd4f3360a9.html |
As the global energy landscape shifts – and the costs to power our homes, ranches and businesses skyrocket – Montana faces serious challenges. Families and businesses feel the squeeze of rising energy prices as we tighten our belts and make tough budgeting decisions. NorthWestern Energy recently convinced the Public Se... | 2022-11-14T15:24:42Z | helenair.com | Steve Krum: Montanans deserve better than NorthWestern Energy’s failed leadership | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/steve-krum-montanans-deserve-better-than-northwestern-energy-s-failed-leadership/article_4e585b1f-0ec4-544a-b291-9034260d393c.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/steve-krum-montanans-deserve-better-than-northwestern-energy-s-failed-leadership/article_4e585b1f-0ec4-544a-b291-9034260d393c.html |
Burning restrictions enacted amid 'poor' air quality in Helena area
As of 9 a.m. Monday, the 24-hour air quality forecast was at a “poor” stage in the Helena area, Lewis and Clark Public Health officials said, adding that burning restrictions are in effect until this stage has been lifted.
People may not operate a soli... | 2022-11-14T22:30:50Z | helenair.com | Burning restrictions enacted amid 'poor' air quality in Helena area | https://helenair.com/news/local/burning-restrictions-enacted-amid-poor-air-quality-in-helena-area/article_2f9d273f-fb78-525c-a57a-23ebf07baaf1.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/burning-restrictions-enacted-amid-poor-air-quality-in-helena-area/article_2f9d273f-fb78-525c-a57a-23ebf07baaf1.html |
Carroll College sophomores Mailee Bui, Maggie Young and Kailen Herbstritt decorate a Festival of Trees "Community Tree" on Monday in the Carroll College Bookstore.
“The community trees going up is really the kickoff for Festival of Trees, and Festival of Trees is the kickoff of the holiday season in Helena,” Intermount... | 2022-11-15T00:34:00Z | helenair.com | Festival of Trees kicks off with community trees around Helena | https://helenair.com/news/local/festival-of-trees-kicks-off-with-community-trees-around-helena/article_82d9dca3-1653-58ae-8c57-7a3f2f8a3398.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/festival-of-trees-kicks-off-with-community-trees-around-helena/article_82d9dca3-1653-58ae-8c57-7a3f2f8a3398.html |
Grateful. On behalf of the Spotorno families, thank you for the outpouring of love, kindness and support bestowed upon us during this very difficult time. The beautiful flowers, heart-felt cards, food, hugs and words of encouragement, will never be forgotten. Special thanks to the Horne family, Neil and sons Kevin and ... | 2022-11-15T16:29:40Z | helenair.com | Grateful | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/grateful/article_2deb2c9f-026c-5c22-ac38-0d6e4d21a792.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/grateful/article_2deb2c9f-026c-5c22-ac38-0d6e4d21a792.html |
Like the millions of other political junkies that get their fix around election time, I found myself listening to the talking heads on MSNBC, CNN and FOX news. One of them said pontifically that Trump had a "bad night" all around America during the election.
It stopped me in my tracks. It's not Trump's country. He lost... | 2022-11-15T16:29:47Z | helenair.com | Stop giving Trump the spotlight | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/stop-giving-trump-the-spotlight/article_5b05204f-0de6-5f63-8b8f-f293d1431424.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/stop-giving-trump-the-spotlight/article_5b05204f-0de6-5f63-8b8f-f293d1431424.html |
ADOPT A FAMILY and create a Christmas dream come true for a family in Helena through Good Samaritan Ministries!
Christmas season has most of us thinking of desserts, parties, shopping and getting the perfect gift for our loved one. Unfortunately, there are many who have an entirely different version of Christmas that l... | 2022-11-15T23:13:52Z | helenair.com | Adopt a Family | https://helenair.com/adopt-a-family/article_57e44d4f-b6e8-5bf0-9071-d022156791fa.html | https://helenair.com/adopt-a-family/article_57e44d4f-b6e8-5bf0-9071-d022156791fa.html |
American Jobs for America's Youth Montana
“Even though I had a job before I learned so much from this program. I learned that I needed to be an advocate for myself. I also learned about time management, customer service, and how to be a good coworker and employee,” says Abi, a participant in AJAY MT’s Summer Jobs Progr... | 2022-11-15T23:13:58Z | helenair.com | American Jobs for America's Youth Montana | https://helenair.com/american-jobs-for-americas-youth-montana/article_3e1511d9-f767-55e6-9a52-f323b1451720.html | https://helenair.com/american-jobs-for-americas-youth-montana/article_3e1511d9-f767-55e6-9a52-f323b1451720.html |
“Nothing beats kindness. It sits quietly beyond all things.”
Angel Fund is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation making a difference for children in need. Angel Fund began 33 years ago at one school helping a few students with winter coats and field trip fees. This fall, we are projecting almost 1,000 students will need as... | 2022-11-15T23:14:04Z | helenair.com | Angel Fund | https://helenair.com/angel-fund/article_375c5b07-a291-59af-9bdb-899b39088f24.html | https://helenair.com/angel-fund/article_375c5b07-a291-59af-9bdb-899b39088f24.html |
AWARE has been serving Montana for more than 46 years. We continue to do so today by proudly helping people live independent lives – in all 56 counties of Montana.
Each adult and child under our care is served by dedicated and compassionate caregivers who aren’t afraid to stick with the hardest challenges. We’re so gra... | 2022-11-15T23:14:11Z | helenair.com | AWARE | https://helenair.com/aware/article_4024449c-0e85-5d8c-a840-a407b784e16e.html | https://helenair.com/aware/article_4024449c-0e85-5d8c-a840-a407b784e16e.html |
Family Outreach
Region IV Family Outreach has provided important services to the developmentally disabled in twelve counties of southwestern Montana for forty-five years. This includes helping children and adults with developmental disabilities navigate available financial assistance opportunities and build life skills... | 2022-11-15T23:14:29Z | helenair.com | Family Outreach | https://helenair.com/family-outreach/article_cc0ed79f-bea6-5c7a-bc79-9a2c266ce86a.html | https://helenair.com/family-outreach/article_cc0ed79f-bea6-5c7a-bc79-9a2c266ce86a.html |
Foundation for Animals
The mission of the Foundation For Animals (FFA) is to assist well-managed projects that promote animal welfare, prevent animal suffering, and provide needed improvements for animals, both domestic and wild.
One of FFA’s most significant domestic animal efforts in the Helena community is promoting... | 2022-11-15T23:14:42Z | helenair.com | Foundation for Animals | https://helenair.com/foundation-for-animals/article_c564b1b6-238c-58d7-a258-86689ad858c0.html | https://helenair.com/foundation-for-animals/article_c564b1b6-238c-58d7-a258-86689ad858c0.html |
Helena Area Community Foundation
When you choose to give to a nonprofit, you make the decisions with your heart, your passion, and your priorities. But, if you’re over the age of 70 ½, you might want to make decisions with your required minimum distribution.
Perhaps you’ve considered your overall capacity. Maybe you ta... | 2022-11-15T23:15:06Z | helenair.com | Helena Area Community Foundation | https://helenair.com/helena-area-community-foundation/article_93ef7a48-4602-5105-af35-ba98327defbf.html | https://helenair.com/helena-area-community-foundation/article_93ef7a48-4602-5105-af35-ba98327defbf.html |
The people served at Helena Food Share come from every neighborhood in the Helena Valley and, likely, are neighbors you encounter day-to-day.
It might be the young man who came into the Lewis Street Pantry during his lunch break. He told us, “My hours were reduced at work, so I can’t afford my rent and food too.” Or it... | 2022-11-15T23:15:19Z | helenair.com | Helena Food Share | https://helenair.com/helena-food-share/article_f5ce5bfe-e9c5-5f9e-906e-7853f3037137.html | https://helenair.com/helena-food-share/article_f5ce5bfe-e9c5-5f9e-906e-7853f3037137.html |
Montana Medical Association Foundation
Individuals can support Montana health care providers and physicians-in-training through the MMA Foundation. Your contributions support growing the physician workforce in Montana through a scholarship program for Montanans attending a Montana medical school. Donations also support... | 2022-11-15T23:15:37Z | helenair.com | Montana Medical Association Foundation | https://helenair.com/montana-medical-association-foundation/article_37962f4f-5e17-5572-bd0e-20ee99f90a78.html | https://helenair.com/montana-medical-association-foundation/article_37962f4f-5e17-5572-bd0e-20ee99f90a78.html |
The Montana Hospital Association confirmed Tuesday that Rich Rasmussen is no longer its president and CEO.
The board vice chair, Craig Aasved, will be the interim president and CEO for the next two weeks. Aasved is also the CEO of Shodair Children’s Hospital in Helena. The MHA board is working to find an interim CEO.
F... | 2022-11-15T23:15:50Z | helenair.com | Montana Hospital Association makes leadership change | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-hospital-association-makes-leadership-change/article_93bcd7a6-eba9-5f44-b0e9-ff130def957f.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-hospital-association-makes-leadership-change/article_93bcd7a6-eba9-5f44-b0e9-ff130def957f.html |
Pad for Paws Foundation
The Pad for Paws Foundation is an all-volunteer non-profit whose Mission is “keeping pets and their people together.”
We assist low-income pet owners in our community who are temporarily struggling to feed their beloved pets or service/therapy animals, like the supporter who found this abandoned... | 2022-11-15T23:16:14Z | helenair.com | Pad for Paws Foundation | https://helenair.com/pad-for-paws-foundation/article_a4182a07-168a-5d85-ac20-7b09e097aaa2.html | https://helenair.com/pad-for-paws-foundation/article_a4182a07-168a-5d85-ac20-7b09e097aaa2.html |
Restore Liberty - The Foundation
Restore Liberty - The Foundation is a nationwide grassroots organization focused on educational efforts supporting states’ rights under the 10th Amendment, and a return to government of, by, and for the people as our constitution requires. This is accomplished by educating and training ... | 2022-11-15T23:16:21Z | helenair.com | Restore Liberty - The Foundation | https://helenair.com/restore-liberty---the-foundation/article_5f9b6bff-d768-5547-8470-ac5c280c8a48.html | https://helenair.com/restore-liberty---the-foundation/article_5f9b6bff-d768-5547-8470-ac5c280c8a48.html |
Every year, Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc. (Rocky) is reminded of how caring and supportive the Helena-area community is to those in need. Thank you for all you have done for Rocky customers and other vulnerable people this year.
Rocky’s mission is to improve quality of life and promote self-sufficiency for i... | 2022-11-15T23:16:27Z | helenair.com | Rocky Mountain Development Council | https://helenair.com/rocky-mountain-development-council/article_359d9ce1-228a-55eb-b1e9-f76c61f1ee41.html | https://helenair.com/rocky-mountain-development-council/article_359d9ce1-228a-55eb-b1e9-f76c61f1ee41.html |
Ryland KM Foote Memorial Trust
The Ryland KM Foote Memorial Trust, a small nonprofit in Townsend, is seeking funds to finish paying for a new sound system. The bid proposal came in at $7,362 of which we paid $5,800 with the help of our community foundation. We would like to purchase the remainder of the system (wireles... | 2022-11-15T23:16:33Z | helenair.com | Ryland KM Foote Memorial Trust | https://helenair.com/ryland-km-foote-memorial-trust/article_ca8d7321-531b-515d-b145-88206f6155b8.html | https://helenair.com/ryland-km-foote-memorial-trust/article_ca8d7321-531b-515d-b145-88206f6155b8.html |
The Friendship Center
The Friendship Center’s mission is to be a safe haven for those affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to empower our community to flourish in relationships free from violence.
The Friendship Center provides safe shelter and a broad range of support services, all of which ... | 2022-11-15T23:16:45Z | helenair.com | The Friendship Center | https://helenair.com/the-friendship-center/article_51df43f9-b275-5e48-a63a-c08142c5c809.html | https://helenair.com/the-friendship-center/article_51df43f9-b275-5e48-a63a-c08142c5c809.html |
The Jadyn Fred Foundation
The Jadyn Fred Foundation provides financial support to families whose children require critical, often lifesaving, medical care. To date, the Jadyn Fred Foundation has provided over $1 million to families throughout Montana. In Lewis and Clark County alone, the foundation has provided $85,467... | 2022-11-15T23:16:52Z | helenair.com | The Jadyn Fred Foundation | https://helenair.com/the-jadyn-fred-foundation/article_f8e3b14e-0342-5c8d-9fe8-3c44c4a50404.html | https://helenair.com/the-jadyn-fred-foundation/article_f8e3b14e-0342-5c8d-9fe8-3c44c4a50404.html |
Youth Homes of Helena
Youth Homes of Helena serves roughly 50 teens every year through our shelter, the Margaret Stuart Youth Home. We also serve over 50 children and family members through our Dan Fox Family Care Program, which provides family support services, outpatient therapy, and foster care and adoption services... | 2022-11-15T23:17:10Z | helenair.com | Youth Homes of Helena | https://helenair.com/youth-homes-of-helena/article_cff0a965-a5e9-5021-9ef3-90fe74212466.html | https://helenair.com/youth-homes-of-helena/article_cff0a965-a5e9-5021-9ef3-90fe74212466.html |
During a pre-application meeting with city staff Monday afternoon, the Helena-based limited liability corporation announced its intention to purchase the property and outlined fairly extensive plans to remodel the space, bring its fire suppression systems up to code and install a wood-fired grill.
In an interview Tuesd... | 2022-11-16T04:11:09Z | helenair.com | Old Salt Co-op aims to open butcher shop and restaurant in Bert & Ernie's building | https://helenair.com/business/old-salt-co-op-aims-to-open-butcher-shop-and-restaurant-in-bert-ernies-building/article_fe7f2264-b6bb-560a-a950-f54a3d829f58.html | https://helenair.com/business/old-salt-co-op-aims-to-open-butcher-shop-and-restaurant-in-bert-ernies-building/article_fe7f2264-b6bb-560a-a950-f54a3d829f58.html |
A state district court judge temporarily rolled back parts of Montana's wolf hunting and trapping regulations on Tuesday, pending a hearing later this month.
Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Christopher Abbott issued a temporary restraining order setting parts of Montana’s wolf regulations back to what was i... | 2022-11-16T06:21:30Z | helenair.com | Judge issues immediate temporary changes to Montana's wolf hunting, trapping seasons | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/judge-issues-immediate-temporary-changes-to-montanas-wolf-hunting-trapping-seasons/article_4ebc04b2-9efb-5b86-b659-0ce96bbfaa9f.html | https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/judge-issues-immediate-temporary-changes-to-montanas-wolf-hunting-trapping-seasons/article_4ebc04b2-9efb-5b86-b659-0ce96bbfaa9f.html |
Public Health: Preventing foodborne illness this Thanksgiving
NINA HEINZINGER
Thanksgiving is historically a time of gathering with family and friends. No matter how small or large your gathering is this year, it’s a good time to remind everybody of the safe ways to handle ingredients that make up our yearly feast to p... | 2022-11-16T15:52:25Z | helenair.com | Public Health: Preventing foodborne illness this Thanksgiving | https://helenair.com/news/local/public-health-preventing-foodborne-illness-this-thanksgiving/article_29f089ab-e120-5f3f-af8c-abbe17896bf8.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/public-health-preventing-foodborne-illness-this-thanksgiving/article_29f089ab-e120-5f3f-af8c-abbe17896bf8.html |
So this happened in Montana. I'm on my way to go to my interview this morning when I get pulled over by a police officer. I am Native American and my friend that was with me is Black. Just saying. Both brake lights decided to go out this time. As he walked to the car and I was pulling out my stuff, he quickly said, "Do... | 2022-11-16T15:52:56Z | helenair.com | Not everyone is racist | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/not-everyone-is-racist/article_ef8371a3-18d1-51fa-bc97-0ec4fa75187f.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/not-everyone-is-racist/article_ef8371a3-18d1-51fa-bc97-0ec4fa75187f.html |
Having just won their Montana U.S. congressional races, victorious Montana congressional candidates have already been asked about a possible Senate race against Sen. Tester in 2024.
Campaigns, regrettably, are often viewed as athletic events. The blame ultimately is on us, the "people." Often we pick a "team," (R), (D)... | 2022-11-16T15:53:02Z | helenair.com | Pogo was right | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/pogo-was-right/article_0789c9c5-adc4-567e-8f7a-a581c3007b37.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/pogo-was-right/article_0789c9c5-adc4-567e-8f7a-a581c3007b37.html |
Protect and grow Lincoln's legacy
This summer I hiked to Heart Lake, a beautiful trek through new and old growth forest in the Scapegoat Wilderness. Lincoln relies on public lands near their town for feeding their families with hunting and fishing, job opportunities in the forests, as well as recreation to unwind and c... | 2022-11-16T15:53:08Z | helenair.com | Protect and grow Lincoln's legacy | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/protect-and-grow-lincolns-legacy/article_033fd062-a77d-5838-932b-ca87a90f51dc.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/letters/protect-and-grow-lincolns-legacy/article_033fd062-a77d-5838-932b-ca87a90f51dc.html |
Dale Franklin Jones
On Nov. 4, an officer was advised that a business on the 1400 block of N. Montana Avenue reported that Dale Franklin Jones had kicked in a vehicle's door.
The complainant met with officials and showed them camera footage of Jones allegedly kicking the vehicle's door twice after getting in an argumen... | 2022-11-17T02:20:18Z | helenair.com | East Helena man accused of damaging vehicle | https://helenair.com/east-helena-man-accused-of-damaging-vehicle/article_6cd5c767-ada7-58b4-b2c3-907f8cb436a5.html | https://helenair.com/east-helena-man-accused-of-damaging-vehicle/article_6cd5c767-ada7-58b4-b2c3-907f8cb436a5.html |
Helena school bus driver Theresa Loney poses for a portrait outside her bus on Tuesday.
On Nov. 8 Theresa Loney was driving her morning bus route to Warren Elementary School when she noticed a few students getting on her bus without hats and gloves.
“I came home and told my husband that I wanted to get some little glov... | 2022-11-17T13:55:37Z | helenair.com | Helena bus driver starts Bus Box program to make sure kids have hats and gloves | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/helena-bus-driver-starts-bus-box-program-to-make-sure-kids-have-hats-and-gloves/article_98ec75c1-5867-5cee-899a-5ed1b6f38f24.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/helena-bus-driver-starts-bus-box-program-to-make-sure-kids-have-hats-and-gloves/article_98ec75c1-5867-5cee-899a-5ed1b6f38f24.html |
TIM HOLMES
In the COP27 international climate talks in Egypt, small nations suggest the world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons, by agreeing to a nonproliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels. Such production has increased over the past year — despite reduction promi... | 2022-11-17T16:03:26Z | helenair.com | Tim Holmes: Fast track to a clean future | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/tim-holmes-fast-track-to-a-clean-future/article_79bafd7f-b882-5ae9-8b8b-eb7ecaed0a7f.html | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/tim-holmes-fast-track-to-a-clean-future/article_79bafd7f-b882-5ae9-8b8b-eb7ecaed0a7f.html |
A welcoming panel for the new temporary exhibit, “Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark,” on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
‘Maps of Lewis and Clark’ on display
A new exhibit is on display at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls through Dec. 4.
“Reimagining America: The... | 2022-11-17T16:03:54Z | helenair.com | Outdoors briefs: New exhibit; hunter numbers; fishing site closure; grants; input sought | https://helenair.com/outdoors/outdoors-briefs-new-exhibit-hunter-numbers-fishing-site-closure-grants-input-sought/article_1efa6f92-4c28-502b-839d-f96bc73536f1.html | https://helenair.com/outdoors/outdoors-briefs-new-exhibit-hunter-numbers-fishing-site-closure-grants-input-sought/article_1efa6f92-4c28-502b-839d-f96bc73536f1.html |
The Fort Harrison VA Medical Center has been secured after someone died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the facility around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, officials reported.
“Currently, Fort Harrison VA Medical Center is safe and secure,” a press release from the Montana VA says. “The facility is open, and Veterans are be... | 2022-11-17T19:57:45Z | helenair.com | Fort Harrison secured after suspected suicide | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fort-harrison-secured-after-suspected-suicide/article_95ff2c6c-744e-5807-88c1-cb6173f0158f.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fort-harrison-secured-after-suspected-suicide/article_95ff2c6c-744e-5807-88c1-cb6173f0158f.html |
Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park
Sometime between the afternoon of Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, a deer was shot in the eastern half of the park, where hunting is prohibited. The whole animal was removed and was not field dressed at the kill site, FWP officials said Thursday.
Anyone with information should visit myfwp.mt.gov/fw... | 2022-11-18T01:09:17Z | helenair.com | Info sought on deer killed illegally at Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park | https://helenair.com/news/local/info-sought-on-deer-killed-illegally-at-lewis-clark-caverns-state-park/article_e8b28566-f2c0-5b7c-b528-7fa5ae95567c.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/info-sought-on-deer-killed-illegally-at-lewis-clark-caverns-state-park/article_e8b28566-f2c0-5b7c-b528-7fa5ae95567c.html |
Helena Food Share employees bring crates of Kid Packs to Bryant Elementary School last week. HFS has been running the Kid Packs program since the beginning of the 2009-10 school year.
One in five children in the Helena area are faced with weekend hunger, hoping their next meal won’t have to wait until Monday at school,... | 2022-11-18T02:51:56Z | helenair.com | Helena Food Share handing out 1,250 Kid Packs a week | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/helena-food-share-handing-out-1-250-kid-packs-a-week/article_a3623dde-f58c-5ac8-bb34-e5c63b7c80b7.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/education/helena-food-share-handing-out-1-250-kid-packs-a-week/article_a3623dde-f58c-5ac8-bb34-e5c63b7c80b7.html |
Community briefs: Recycling event; God's Love benefit; United Way wish list
Monthly recycling event is today
406 Recycling’s monthly electronics recycling event supporting the Good Samaritan Thrift Store is Friday, Nov. 18. This event is one week early due to Thanksgiving.
The collection takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p... | 2022-11-18T14:17:15Z | helenair.com | Community briefs: Recycling event; God's Love benefit; United Way wish list | https://helenair.com/news/local/community-briefs-recycling-event-gods-love-benefit-united-way-wish-list/article_17b9cfde-d922-52e4-8389-a779b107e7f2.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/community-briefs-recycling-event-gods-love-benefit-united-way-wish-list/article_17b9cfde-d922-52e4-8389-a779b107e7f2.html |
Big Brothers Big Sisters -- Become a Big Brother or Big Sister – one on one mentoring, especially needing Big Brothers.
Good Samaritan Ministries - Full and part time volunteers needed to sort donations and stock shelves in the Good Samaritan Thrift Store.
Free Tax Help – co-hosted by United Way of the Lewis and Clark ... | 2022-11-18T14:17:21Z | helenair.com | VOLUNTEER HELENA | https://helenair.com/news/local/volunteer-helena/article_d17d2c38-26bb-559e-a7b5-12c1f95dd12a.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/volunteer-helena/article_d17d2c38-26bb-559e-a7b5-12c1f95dd12a.html |
Kupfner new VP of wheat and barley committee
Kent Kupfner has been chosen as the new executive vice president of the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee.
Kupfner officially took over as executive vice president on Nov. 16.
“Kupfner brings over 30 years of industry knowledge to the committee and we’re excited to welcome ... | 2022-11-20T15:58:40Z | helenair.com | BUSINESS BRIEFCASE | https://helenair.com/business/business-briefcase/article_207a23f2-5cad-5c4d-b894-dae4f5f45fa7.html | https://helenair.com/business/business-briefcase/article_207a23f2-5cad-5c4d-b894-dae4f5f45fa7.html |
Firefighters responded at 9:56 a.m. to a report of a fire at 1700 Prospect Ave. and they extinguished the fire at about 10:07 a.m. There was one employee on-site who was there to begin the daily opening process, Battalion Chief Cory O’Brian said.
No damage estimate was immediately available. O’Brian said there was a lo... | 2022-11-20T22:00:25Z | helenair.com | Dairy Queen on Prospect Avenue damaged Sunday by kitchen fire | https://helenair.com/news/local/dairy-queen-on-prospect-avenue-damaged-sunday-by-kitchen-fire/article_45c0632f-6f52-5d80-b7c9-0565888b2397.html | https://helenair.com/news/local/dairy-queen-on-prospect-avenue-damaged-sunday-by-kitchen-fire/article_45c0632f-6f52-5d80-b7c9-0565888b2397.html |
Mackenzie O’Neal, The Academies of Jonesboro High School, is the first-place winner in the digital medium category.
Sara Tuetken, Brookland High School, is the first-place winner in the painting medium category.
Josalyn Pritchett, Cedar Ridge High School, is the first-place winner in the print medium category.
Laura Am... | 2022-05-31T10:57:08Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Congressional Art Competition winners announced | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/congressional-art-competition-winners-announced/article_9fc16384-bc59-5dae-8cc6-35aaaabadd70.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/congressional-art-competition-winners-announced/article_9fc16384-bc59-5dae-8cc6-35aaaabadd70.html |
Starr wins writing award
Xelle Starr of Jonesboro, a creative writing major at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, is a recent winner in the ECHO Student Literary Regional Competition.
She placed second in the fiction division with “Under the Roses (Excerpt).”
The annual Echo Contest is open to undergraduate students enrolle... | 2022-05-31T10:57:14Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Education briefs | Announcements | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/education-briefs/article_53096ff2-0efc-5220-9641-e5c521ee415e.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/announcements/education-briefs/article_53096ff2-0efc-5220-9641-e5c521ee415e.html |
Bridge to be replaced near Walcott
The removal of an existing bridge and installation of corrugated metal pipe culvert for a ditch crossing Highway 168 near Walcott about a half-mile south of Highway 412 will result in a temporary closure of the Highway.
Weather permitting, crews were to begin working on Highway 168 im... | 2022-05-31T10:57:32Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Bridge to be replaced near Walcott | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/bridge-to-be-replaced-near-walcott/article_e59be4a0-bc91-5430-8aab-71e1dc05f812.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/bridge-to-be-replaced-near-walcott/article_e59be4a0-bc91-5430-8aab-71e1dc05f812.html |
BROOKLAND — Two resolutions to further Brookland’s ongoing sidewalk project through grant funding were discussed on May 23 during a special meeting of the Brookland City Council.
Although both resolutions were to help further the same project, one was to apply for a new sidewalk TAP (Transportation Alternatives Program... | 2022-05-31T10:57:38Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Brookland sidewalk project proceeds | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/brookland-sidewalk-project-proceeds/article_d56c4185-8c91-517b-b3e3-8a1f3a15da3b.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/brookland-sidewalk-project-proceeds/article_d56c4185-8c91-517b-b3e3-8a1f3a15da3b.html |
JONESBORO — A collective of more than a dozen Arkansas electric cooperatives have partnered together to announce the formation of Diamond State Networks, a new wholesale broadband provider uniting the fiber-optic networks of member cooperatives throughout the state.
Having recently opened its first official corporate o... | 2022-05-31T10:57:44Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Electric cooperatives create new wholesale broadband provider | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/electric-cooperatives-create-new-wholesale-broadband-provider/article_db1352b6-cc7f-5f80-8dbb-471742a528f8.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/electric-cooperatives-create-new-wholesale-broadband-provider/article_db1352b6-cc7f-5f80-8dbb-471742a528f8.html |
The Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation’s C-54D flying museum “Spirit of America” made fuel stops in Jonesboro on Sunday and Thursday of last week.
Mark Howard (left) and Tim Chopp (second, from right), members of the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, visit with Airport Manager George Jackson (right) and Phillip G... | 2022-05-31T10:57:50Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Flying museum makes stop in Jonesboro | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/flying-museum-makes-stop-in-jonesboro/article_bc34e8f3-838e-591d-9e60-07cbf33d5601.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/flying-museum-makes-stop-in-jonesboro/article_bc34e8f3-838e-591d-9e60-07cbf33d5601.html |
Teresa Dodson, who lives in Hot Springs, is a paid caregiver herself. Like many parents of adults with developmental disabilities, Dodson gave up guardianship of her son, Nathan, when he turned 18 so that she could be compensated by Medicaid through a provider organization. Tom Masseau, the director of Disability Right... | 2022-05-31T10:57:56Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Home aide shortage threatens care for developmentally disabled Arkansans | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/home-aide-shortage-threatens-care-for-developmentally-disabled-arkansans/article_a52a9f47-c57d-5504-a3ef-05025be90661.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/home-aide-shortage-threatens-care-for-developmentally-disabled-arkansans/article_a52a9f47-c57d-5504-a3ef-05025be90661.html |
WALNUT RIDGE — After a Republican primary race for Lawrence County Clerk resulted in a tie for the second-place finisher to be placed on the ballot for a June 21 runoff, the decision of who the second candidate will be is left to chance, according to Election Commissioner Judy Verkler.
When the first unofficial results... | 2022-05-31T10:58:15Z | www.jonesborosun.com | LawCo. candidate to be decided by lot | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/lawco-candidate-to-be-decided-by-lot/article_8b4a6e91-457b-5a27-824c-7c49f5fc7e28.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/lawco-candidate-to-be-decided-by-lot/article_8b4a6e91-457b-5a27-824c-7c49f5fc7e28.html |
JONESBORO — New coronavirus infections grew by 25.7 percent across the state in the past week, a Sun review of daily reports from the Arkansas Department of Health found. The state had a 36 percent jump the previous week.
However, during that seven-day period from May 23 through May 29, Craighead County recorded 100 ne... | 2022-05-31T10:58:21Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Virus cases climb 25.7% in week | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/virus-cases-climb-25-7-in-week/article_b2263ba3-766e-5667-a8d2-ff0b487a6c62.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/virus-cases-climb-25-7-in-week/article_b2263ba3-766e-5667-a8d2-ff0b487a6c62.html |
The state Forestry Division is known for managing woodlands, helping control fires and supporting rural fire departments.
Of course, the damage from severe storms isn’t restricted to rural areas. Cities and towns experience tornadoes too.
More Arkansans are probably aware of the Division’s work to train and equip rural... | 2022-06-02T19:32:26Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Arkansas Forestry | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/arkansas-forestry/article_95eda65b-a2e9-5be9-862e-deecfd23c904.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/arkansas-forestry/article_95eda65b-a2e9-5be9-862e-deecfd23c904.html |
U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman, will hold a field hearing in Arkansas to gain input from Natural State agricultural producers as the process of writing the 2023 Farm Bill begins.
“Arkansas agricult... | 2022-06-02T19:32:32Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Boozman announces AR Farm Bill Field Hearing | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/boozman-announces-ar-farm-bill-field-hearing/article_ac059ac5-41e8-58ae-aa4d-1186c70c819b.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/boozman-announces-ar-farm-bill-field-hearing/article_ac059ac5-41e8-58ae-aa4d-1186c70c819b.html |
As political and economic pressures increased, the Radicals increasingly turned on each other. They hurled insults and threats of impeachment at each other often. Gov. Powell Clayton became a particular target, and anti-Clayton forces schemed to get rid of him. The Arkansas legislature elected Gov. Powell Clayton to th... | 2022-06-02T19:32:44Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Governor Ozro Hadley | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/governor-ozro-hadley/article_40122a26-8481-5d26-85e5-ba6eff93f00d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/governor-ozro-hadley/article_40122a26-8481-5d26-85e5-ba6eff93f00d.html |
NEWPORT — The project hasn’t formally been announced by the developer, but a construction company is already recruiting 200 workers to help build a massive solar energy project in Jackson County.
It will easily be the largest solar farm in Arkansas, and could be among the largest in the nation.
Jon Chadwell, director o... | 2022-06-02T19:32:50Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Help wanted for massive solar project in Jackson County | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/help-wanted-for-massive-solar-project-in-jackson-county/article_cb5e8f94-0fb0-5862-9a26-a23610fa5758.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/help-wanted-for-massive-solar-project-in-jackson-county/article_cb5e8f94-0fb0-5862-9a26-a23610fa5758.html |
Cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High around 80F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph..
Mostly cloudy early, then clearing overnight. Low around 60F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
A two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon, May 25, in rural Jackson County, claimed the life of a Batesville woman and injured a Newport man.
The crash ... | 2022-06-02T19:32:56Z | www.jonesborosun.com | NEA crash claims the life of a Batesville woman | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/nea-crash-claims-the-life-of-a-batesville-woman/article_78e54eb1-3e09-5ce0-b456-c87bd56c9f28.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/nea-crash-claims-the-life-of-a-batesville-woman/article_78e54eb1-3e09-5ce0-b456-c87bd56c9f28.html |
Lance Cpl. Frank Foster
For years in the newspaper business, as Dec. 7 would draw near, someone would have the assignment of doing a story with a local angle related to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
This was easier to do in the 1980s when Dec. 7, 1941 was 40-something years earlier. In 2001, for the 60th anniversary of ... | 2022-06-02T19:33:08Z | www.jonesborosun.com | ’To the Shores of Tripoli’ | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/to-the-shores-of-tripoli/article_f8e9189c-f73b-55ad-af0c-eedc73b2f927.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/to-the-shores-of-tripoli/article_f8e9189c-f73b-55ad-af0c-eedc73b2f927.html |
Aaron Cochrane, 41, of Jackson County, who most recently has been employed as a Bradford police officer, was arrested by Arkansas State Police on Wednesday, May 25, and transported to the Jackson County jail in Newport, according to a news release by the state police.
Cochrane was being held pending the filing of forma... | 2022-06-03T05:31:58Z | www.jonesborosun.com | Police officer arrested on rape charges | Newport | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/police-officer-arrested-on-rape-charges/article_0abc1fcb-1845-5d28-b9be-b3c769551f3d.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/newport/police-officer-arrested-on-rape-charges/article_0abc1fcb-1845-5d28-b9be-b3c769551f3d.html |
JONESBORO — Jonesboro police arrested two men Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of being felons in possession of firearms.
Luis Jimenez, 37, and Antony Banda, 22, both of the 200 block of Walnut Street, are also being held on suspicion of possession of meth or cocaine less than 2 grams and felony possession of drug para... | 2022-06-03T13:47:58Z | www.jonesborosun.com | 2 arrested on gun charges | News | jonesborosun.com | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/2-arrested-on-gun-charges/article_2386d450-ab27-5d2e-9bd7-606485b9ed01.html | https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/2-arrested-on-gun-charges/article_2386d450-ab27-5d2e-9bd7-606485b9ed01.html |
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